COCOA POST

Ghana's cocoa sector regulator (COCOBOD) is poised to expand the country's earnings from cocoa through strategic investment in local processing capacity and value addition. Cocobod in November 2019 successfully signed a $600 million Africa…
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Caobisco, the trade association for the European chocolate, biscuits and confectionery manufacturing sector, has issued a statement calling for collective due diligence across the industry’s supply chain to address key human rights and…
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Long-term sustainability for the cocoa sector is a major challenge. But rather than relying solely on price premiums, the solution is to think bigger, and admit the industry itself needs serious reform on the ground, argue Peter Stanbury…
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Global confectionery brand Mondelēz International has renewed its commitment to reduce environmental impact and drive sustainable growth at scale, by joining the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The scheme aims to set greenhouse…
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Lindt & Spruengli AG warned that the premium imposed by the world’s largest cocoa growers in West Africa will give chocolate manufacturers little choice but to raise their prices. Ivory Coast and Ghana are charging $400 per metric ton…
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President Nana Akufo-Addo says Ghana no longer wants to be dependent on the production and export of raw materials, including cocoa beans. According to President Akufo-Addo, Ghana intends to process more and more of its cocoa, with the…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has partnered the Mennonite Economic Development Association (MEDA) to control the spread of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) among cocoa trees. The partnership seeks to tackle the disease to…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is optimistic about producing one million tonnes of cocoa for the 2020/2021 cocoa crop season. According to its Chief Executive, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the introduction of the Living Income Differential (LID)…
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